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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Henry Clay make a second plea to the government of Canada, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1844.

2. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States during what years?
(a) 1817-1825.
(b) 1793-1801.
(c) 1809-1817.
(d) 1801-1809.

3. Where was The Liberator published?
(a) Southampton, Virginia.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Cleveland, Ohio.

4. What year was it when the woman wearing the faded sunbonnet stopped and spoke to Harriet in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1834.

5. The yellow of Harriet’s quilt is described as being like what flower in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) The Mecca flower.
(b) The Babylon flower.
(c) The Jerusalem flower.
(d) The Sunflower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harriet discovered that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman named what in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

2. Harriet Greene was usually called what, according to the narrator inChapter 1: “The Quarter”?

3. Where did Harriet Tubman find work as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

4. When was Thomas Jefferson born?

5. What twelve-year-old boy does the narrator discuss at the end of Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Harriet respond to the death of Edward Brodas in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”? Why did she respond in this way?

2. Where did Harriet go when she ran away in Chapter 5: “Flight”? How long was she gone and why did she return?

3. Why was Harriet sewing a patchwork quilt in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”? What year did she begin her quilt?

4. What gifts and/or items did Harriet exchange with the white woman she first met with after fleeing the Brodas plantation in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

5. Where was Harriet living in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”? What was her assigned work duty? How did she feel about it?

6. What news influenced Harriet’s second attempt at fleeing in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”? Where did she go?

7. What does the term “hired out” mean? When and where was Harriet first hired out from the Brodas plantation?

8. When and where was Harriet Tubman born? How does the author illustrate this setting in Chapter 1: “The Quarter”?

9. What does “manumission” refer to? How did manumission give hope to the slaves on the plantations during Harriet’s childhood?

10. Who was Denmark Vesey? What event related to Denmark Vesey occurred when Harriet Tubman was two years old?

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